Learn How to Identify and Count Adult Salmon While Joining in the Exciting Experience of Watching Salmon Spawn

The Nisqually Stream Stewards Program is looking for volunteers to help monitor streams within the Nisqually River watershed during salmon spawning season. Volunteers will be trained to identify salmon species so they can count spawning adult salmon twice a week.

The training will be held on Saturday, September 22, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, in the Nisqually Tribe Natural Resources conference room.

In recent years salmon watchers helped rediscover a late run of coho salmon that hadn’t been seen in the Nisqually River for ten years. “Salmon watchers are really the eyes and ears of salmon recovery. This is how community involvement in salmon recovery is helping to bring salmon back,” said David Troutt, natural resources director for the Tribe. “Without these volunteers, there is no way that we could keep a close eye on every stream in the Nisqually River watershed.”

Information collected by Nisqually Salmon Watchers helps Nisqually Tribe Natural Resources staff identify where and when salmon are spawning in our streams and creeks. This information may also help determine where to focus salmon recovery protection and restoration efforts in the future.

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SCHEDULE NOTICE 5/25/20: In-person CAC meetings are suspended until further notice to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Monthly meetings may be cancelled or may take place over zoom.

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SCHEDULE NOTICE 5/25/20: In-person CAC meetings are suspended until further notice to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Monthly meetings may be cancelled or may take place over zoom. Email info@nisquallyriver.org if you have questions or information you wish to share with the committee over email.

The Nisqually River Council’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) maintains 3 voting seats on the Nisqually River Council. The CAC meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month to discuss issues brought to the table by members. All meetings are free and open to the public.

To be added to the mailing list, please contact info@nisquallyriver.org or 360-438-8715.

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Join the Eye On Nature family for a fun online evening supporting environmental education! The Nisqually River Foundation, Nisqually Reach Nature Center, Friends of the Nisqually National Wildlife

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Join the Eye On Nature family for a fun online evening supporting environmental education! The Nisqually River Foundation, Nisqually Reach Nature Center, Friends of the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Complex, and Chehalis Basin Education Consortium bring hundreds of students to the Refuge each year on free field trips where they experience powerful encounters with birds, wildlife, and plants. Your support at this event will help us ensure that these opportunities are still there for students after the COVID crisis has passed.

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Make a donation ($10 suggested per ticket) to receive your Zoom invitation to the event! https://bit.ly/3d6RmKz

Eye On Nature has been proud to receive support from Octapas Cafe as the host of our fundraiser in years past. With the COVID crisis hitting restaurants hard, we’re encouraging this year’s attendees in the Olympia area to order some delicious take-out from Octapas and bring it home to enjoy during the fundraiser!

Speaker Bio:

After graduating from college, Jeff Antonelis-Lapp worked two summers at Mount Rainier National Park, igniting a connection to the mountain that endures today. He began writing Tahoma and Its People after being unable to find a current natural history for a course he planned to teach at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. At Evergreen, he taught natural history, environmental education, and Native American Studies until retiring in 2015 as Emeritus Faculty. Jeff has summited the mountain, hiked all of its mapped trails, and completed the 93-mile Wonderland Trail five times. He conducted over 250 days of fieldwork for the book, many of them in the company of park archaeologists, biologists, and geologists. This spring, Washington State University Presspublished Tahoma and Its People, his natural history of Mount Rainier National Park.

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The Nisqually River Council (NRC) is an education and coordination organization that promotes sustainability in the Nisqually Watershed. We meet monthly on the 3rd Friday at various locations in the

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The Nisqually River Council (NRC) is an education and coordination organization that promotes sustainability in the Nisqually Watershed. We meet monthly on the 3rd Friday at various locations in the watershed. All meetings are free and open to the public.

To be added to the NRC mailing list, please contact info@nisquallyriver.org or 360.438.8715.

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The Nisqually River Council (NRC) is an education and coordination organization that promotes sustainability in the Nisqually Watershed. We meet monthly on the 3rd Friday at various locations in the

Event Details

The Nisqually River Council (NRC) is an education and coordination organization that promotes sustainability in the Nisqually Watershed. We meet monthly on the 3rd Friday at various locations in the watershed. All meetings are free and open to the public.

To be added to the NRC mailing list, please contact info@nisquallyriver.org or 360.438.8715.

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SCHEDULE NOTICE 5/25/20: In-person CAC meetings are suspended until further notice to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Monthly meetings may be cancelled or may take place over zoom.

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Event Details

SCHEDULE NOTICE 5/25/20: In-person CAC meetings are suspended until further notice to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Monthly meetings may be cancelled or may take place over zoom. Email info@nisquallyriver.org if you have questions or information you wish to share with the committee over email.

The Nisqually River Council’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) maintains 3 voting seats on the Nisqually River Council. The CAC meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month to discuss issues brought to the table by members. All meetings are free and open to the public.

To be added to the mailing list, please contact info@nisquallyriver.org or 360-438-8715.

Event Details

SCHEDULE NOTICE 5/25/20: In-person CAC meetings are suspended until further notice to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Monthly meetings may be cancelled or may take place over zoom.

more

Event Details

SCHEDULE NOTICE 5/25/20: In-person CAC meetings are suspended until further notice to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Monthly meetings may be cancelled or may take place over zoom. Email info@nisquallyriver.org if you have questions or information you wish to share with the committee over email.

The Nisqually River Council’s Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) maintains 3 voting seats on the Nisqually River Council. The CAC meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month to discuss issues brought to the table by members. All meetings are free and open to the public.

To be added to the mailing list, please contact info@nisquallyriver.org or 360-438-8715.

Event Details

The Nisqually River Council (NRC) is an education and coordination organization that promotes sustainability in the Nisqually Watershed. We meet monthly on the 3rd Friday at various locations in the

Event Details

The Nisqually River Council (NRC) is an education and coordination organization that promotes sustainability in the Nisqually Watershed. We meet monthly on the 3rd Friday at various locations in the watershed. All meetings are free and open to the public.

To be added to the NRC mailing list, please contact info@nisquallyriver.org or 360.438.8715.